By Conduct and Courage Part 52

"An interesting and well-written narrative, in which humour and a keen eye for character unite to produce a book happily adapted for modern maidens."-_Globe_.

-A Girl of To-Day. With 6 page Ill.u.s.trations by G. D. HAMMOND, R.I. 3_s._ 6_d._

"What are Altruists?" humbly asks a small boy. "They are only people who try to help others," replies the Girl of To-Day. To help their poorer neighbours, the boys and girls of Woodend band themselves together into the _Society of Altruists_. That they have plenty of fun is seen in the shopping expedition and in the successful Christmas entertainment.

"It is a spirited story. The characters are true to nature and carefully developed. Such a book as this is exactly what is needed to give a school-girl an interest in the development of character."-_Educational Times_.

FRANCES ARMSTRONG

A Girl's Loyalty. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations by JOHN H. BACON. Cloth, 3_s._ 6_d._ _New Edition._

When she was still but a child, Helen Grant received from her grandfather, on his death-bed, a secret message. The brief words remained fast in her memory, and dominated her whole career. She was loyal to her trust, however, and to her friends in the hour of their need. For the girl was possessed of that quick courage which leaps up in a shy nature when evil-doers have to be unmasked, and wrongs made right.

"The one book for girls that stands out this year is Miss Frances Armstrong's A Girl's Loyalty."-_Review of Reviews_.

MRS. HERBERT MARTIN

The Two Dorothys: A Tale for Girls. Ill.u.s.trated. 2_s._ 6_d._

In this story the shy, dreamy, unselfish Dorothy Heriot comes to live with her great-aunt, the other Dorothy. This old lady is kind enough, but her discipline is unsympathetic. But the younger Dorothy's loving, unselfish nature wins upon the proud old lady, and the end is happiness.

"Will not only interest and please all girls, but will also stimulate and encourage to better and higher things, youthful hopes and ambitions."-_The Lady_.

ETHEL F. HEDDLE

Strangers in the Land. Ill.u.s.trated by HAROLD COPPING. 6_s._

Two old maiden ladies and their charming young friend, Elspeth Macdonald, voyage to the beautiful island of Java on a quest that involves a story of uncommon interest. In the course of a series of exciting adventures, Elspeth unwittingly makes a discovery which seriously affects her friends.

Towards the close the narrative is darkened by tragedy, but a flood of suns.h.i.+ne is thrown on the final chapter by the happy ending of a pleasant love-story.

"Apart from providing the best of entertainment, this book is noteworthy as stimulating high ideals of life and action, and renewing faith in lofty and chivalrous sentiment as a factor in human service."-_Dundee Advertiser_.

-An Original Girl. With 8 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by GORDON BROWNE. 6_s._

Christobel Beauchamp makes her living by typewriting in an office till chance throws her across the path of Lady Anne Prideaux, her grandmother.

Her mother had made a _mesalliance_ by marrying an actor. Lady Anne desires to adopt Christobel, but the girl prefers to help her father. The story tells how the poor actor at last receives his "call", and ends with the promise of good fortune for Christobel and her devoted lover.

"A very clever, well-constructed tale is this, and we wish it success."-_British Weekly_.

-A Mystery of St. Rule's. With 8 Ill.u.s.trations by G. DEMAIN HAMMOND, R.I.

6_s._

"The author has been amazingly successful in keeping her secret almost to the end. Yet the mystery attending a stolen diamond of great value is so skilfully handled that several perfectly innocent persons seem all but hopelessly identified with the disappearance of the gem. Cleverly, however, as this aspect of the story has been managed, it has other sources of strength."-_Scotsman_.

"The chief interest ... lies in the fascinating young adventuress, who finds a temporary nest in the old professor's family, and wins all hearts in St. Rule's by her beauty and her sweetness."-_Morning Leader_.

SARAH DOUDNEY

Under False Colours. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations. 3_s._ 6_d._

A story which will attract readers of all ages and of either s.e.x. The incidents of the plot, arising from the thoughtless indulgence of a deceptive freak, are exceedingly natural, and the keen interest of the narrative is sustained from beginning to end. _Under False Colours_ is a book which will rivet the attention, amuse the fancy, and touch the heart.

"This is a charming story, abounding in delicate touches of sentiment and pathos. Its plot is skilfully contrived. It will be read with a warm interest by every girl who takes it up."-_Scotsman_.

ROSA MULHOLLAND (LADY GILBERT)

Cynthia's Bonnet Shop. With 8 Ill.u.s.trations by G. DEMAIN HAMMOND, R.I.

5_s._

Cynthia, one of three charming lively sisters of an impoverished Connaught family, desires to make money for the sake of her delicate mother. Cynthia and her star-struck sister Befind go to London, the former to open a bonnet shop, which becomes a great success, and the other to pursue the study of astronomy. How both girls find new interests in life, more important even than bonnet shop or star-gazing, is described with mingled humour and pathos.

"Just of the kind to please and fascinate a host of girl readers."-_Liverpool Mercury_.

-The Girls of Banshee Castle. With 6 Ill.u.s.trations by JOHN H. BACON. 3_s._ 6_d._ _New Edition._

Three girls, with an old governess, migrate from Kensington to the West of Ireland. Belonging as they do to "the ould family", the girls are made heartily welcome in the cabins of the peasantry, where they learn many weird and curious tales from the folk-lore of the district. An interesting plot runs through the narrative, but the charm of the story lies in its happy mingling of Irish humour and pathos.

"Is told with grace, and brightened by a knowledge of Irish folk-lore, making it a perfect present for a girl in her teens."-_Truth_.

-Giannetta: A Girl's Story of Herself. With 6 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by LOCKHART BOGLE. 3_s._

The story of a changeling who is suddenly transferred to the position of a rich English heiress. She develops into a good and accomplished woman, and has gained too much love and devotion to be a sufferer by the surrender of her estates.

ANNIE E. ARMSTRONG

Three Bright Girls. With 6 full-page Ill.u.s.trations by W. PARKINSON. 3_s._ 6_d._

By a sudden turn of fortune's wheel the three heroines are brought down from a household of lavish comfort to meet the incessant cares and worries of those who have to eke out a very limited income. The charm of the story lies in the cheery helpfulness of spirit developed in the girls by their changed circ.u.mstances.

"Ever bright and cheerful, they influence other lives, and at last they come out of their trials with honour to themselves and benefits to all about them."-_Teachers' Aid_.

ELIZA F. POLLARD

For the Red Rose. With 4 Ill.u.s.trations by JAMES DURDEN. 2_s._ 6_d._

A gipsy finds a little girl in the forest of Wimbourne, after the sacking of the castle by the Yorkists. He carries her to the camp and she is adopted by the tribe. The story tells how, when some years later Margaret of Anjou and her son are wrecked on the coast of England, the gipsy girl follows the fortunes of the exiled queen, and by what curious chain of events her own origin is discovered.